What To Watch? Sept 18-Sept 24 : This Week's Blu-ray/DVD Releases

This week's recap of Blu-ray/DVD releases brings a trifecta of great films very different from each other. From a classy, period piece comedy to a brutally entertaining horror reinvention. It also includes a revelatory film about life, love and youth adorned with beautiful imagery. Take a look at this week's picks and form your own opinions on these particularly enjoyable films. As usual, they are arranged by the grade they received and I've included a link to the full review for each one, as well as their respective trailers.

1. "Oslo, August 31st"
A Norwegian story about a man that finds himself lost after trying to recover from addiction. Returning to the city that holds all his memories, past loves, friends and mistakes, is a defining experience. Shot with very subtle and poetic sensitivities, a film that deserves to be analyzed and meditated on.  Not an easy films, but very rich in its narrative structure and ability to makes us feel for the main character. Grade A+

Read the full review here
http://selective-vision.blogspot.com/2012/09/oslo-ausgust-31st-therapeutic-tour.html

2. "The Cabin In The Woods"
A film that uses many conventions of the horror genre and reinvents them to create a distinctive mix of comedy and violent terror. It tries to expose the voyeuristic nature of our love for torture films and the imminent punishment of the characters in such films. Cleverly written and hilarious at times this movie offers pure fun for all, and a feast of intelligent references for the horror geeks. A very unexpected gem. Grade A.

Read the full review here
http://selective-vision.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-cabin-in-woods-puppeteering-horror.html

3. "Hysteria"
19th Century female liberation is the subject of this pseudo historic film. Dealing with a very taboo subject involving female sexual insatisfaction , the movie manages to be charming and heartfelt. The cast is humorous in their parts, and keeps the story lighthearted and entertaining. More emotionally complex than historically accurate, it manages to deliver laughs and a couple cool "kinky" facts.
Grade B+.

Read the full review here
http://selective-vision.blogspot.com/2012/09/hysteria-invention-of-mechanical.html